Jingle Art ...

I spotted this bus (The décor is inspired by the painted buses and lorries of Pakistan) on the way to collecting my son, Finn from King's Cross.

Not the best photo, as I was dodging traffic at the time and nearly got knocked over twice. All for the love of blip, eh??!!


Jingle Art is an established part of Pakistani transport tradition and has its roots in the days of the Raj, when craftsmen made glorious horse draw carriages for the gentry. In the 1920's the Kohistan Bus Company asked the local Michaelangelo, Ustad Elahi Buksh, a master craftsmen to decorate their buses to attract passengers.

I reckon 'Transport for London' should follow the Kohistan Bus Company's example and reconsider its bus décor scheme too ...